The Zhengde Palace fell into silence again.

After a long time, Chen Yishou finally smiled bitterly. He stood up. As the chief minister of the cabinet, Chen Yishou, who had been implementing the new policy for Chen Kaizhi, had to stand up. He said: "What Zhuge Censor said just now is not unreasonable. He would hurt farmers by valuing business. The Four Books and Five Classics are indeed written clearly."

He smiled and gradually became calm: "But now is different from the past. The reason why heavy businessmen hurt farmers is because the land is abundant, but the people need to farm. If they do not cultivate carefully, the land output will decrease, so it is inevitable that farmers will be damaged. But today, is it the same as before? Since the founding of the Great Chen Kingdom, the population has grown by more than ten times. Which place has not been developed in the world? But even so, it is still overcrowded. How many people have no land, or are there many people who want to rent land and cannot obtain it? So, ten acres of land were originally paid for 300 kilograms of grain to rent, but now, it has to pay thousands of kilograms. But even so, there are still people who want to rent land and cannot obtain it. Why is this? This is because my Great Chen is already overcrowded, and how many refugees are there everywhere in the world?"

Chen Yishou's face became stern: "My brother is also a gentry. There are tens of thousands of acres of land in the county. In the past, when the land was rented out, countless people scrambled for it. Why? There are still many people, but there are only so many land. So, if only 800 kilograms of grain are collected for ten acres of land, it is considered a good person. If it is one thousand kilograms, it is not harsh. Because the tenants know that if his family does not rent it, there will be no business in this year, and the family will starve to death. Some people are scrambling to rent it. Even if they rent ten acres of land, they will work from sunrise and settle at sunset, the grain collected will be left to the family, except for the distribution, corvee service, and land rent, and only a few hundred kilograms of rice can be left to the family, and they may not be able to eat enough, but they have to accept increasingly harsh conditions in order to rent the land."

"A hundred years ago, a county had 30,000 strong men, which was enough to cultivate the land of a county. But now, the number of strong men in the county has increased to more than 45,000. But the land is still these lands, and the output of 45,000 people planted this land and 30,000 strong men planted this land? Let me tell you the truth, there is no difference. I personally checked the grain book of the Ministry of Revenue, but the same output could be handled by 30,000 people, so why should 45,000? I found out again that because so many strong men were added, the land rent in each county increased by nearly 40,000. What does this mean? It means that heavy merchants will not hurt farmers. Heavy merchants will order some strong men to go to the workshop, but the grain production will not be reduced, and the imperial court is enough to cope with these shortcomings."

Chen Yishou was originally a steady person, but in fact, according to his personality, he would not speak generously.

He could even understand the people who opposed the New Deal because he himself was from a family of gentry. He knew better than anyone why anyone opposed the New Deal so much.

But when he said this, his face became extremely rude and said sternly: "Since the heavy business does not hurt farmers, who are the people who are hurt? The people who are hurt are the gentry, the landlords, and the people who are hurt by those whom Your Majesty relies on. From Your Majesty to the court, to local governments, he has repeatedly reduced the taxes of the gentry. He is very caring for them. The local corvee labor service has never been allowed to serve. The local money and grain are collected by the gentry on their behalf, and even acquiesced to the gentry to obtain any loss. Since the founding of the Great Chen Dynasty, I have failed the military and civilians, and have let down countless monks and lay people, but the only thing that has not been owed or failed was gentry. Is this sentence wrong?"

"In theory, after receiving the favor of the country, I will not ask for your reward during the peace. If there is a war, the court will only requisition ordinary people. If there is a famine, the court will provide relief. The first person to provide relief is also the scholars from all counties and townships. When the sky falls, the court has not suffered a little hardship or suffered a little crime. But now, the court is becoming increasingly unsustainable and has accumulated many traits. Therefore, Your Majesty proposed the new policy and the essence of the new policy is for long-term stability. This is to protect Your Majesty and the ancestors and the country. Isn't it also safeguarding the gentry and wise men in all counties and townships, and not to maintain your family temple? How did the Qin Dynasty fall and how did the Han Dynasty die? Are these lessons not enough?"

"In the past five hundred years, the emperors of all generations have made so much kindness. Now that the country is in trouble, it is not that it is not that you will not teach you to be displaced, nor that you want to destroy your home. What you want... is it just to improve the family situation of the people, but that is just that... it is to let the refugees in the unstable land have such a little way out. Is this too much? What's wrong? Therefore, at the beginning of the new policy, many refugees and tenant farmers who are unwilling to endure high rents can't help but want to leave their hometowns and find a way out, so they went to Jibei, hoping to have some food and some clothes to wear, but even so, are there fewer tenant farmers in the countryside? To be honest, there are not many, and the land is enough to rent a plant.

But, because of the overcrowded people in the past, the population is still good and unbearable, people left. Many aristocratic families had to reduce their rent and rent land. Because they reduced the rent, some people would cry out in pain? In the past, there was silk and satin, but today they were still silk and satin. In the past, they were rich clothes and food, and today they were rich clothes and horses, but now they were still fresh clothes and horses. I dare to pat my chest and say, "The children of aristocratic families should eat, but there is no less meat, and the food and clothing cost has never been reduced. With these few percent of the benefits, why is it so far that people are pushing them down?"

Chen Yishou's eyes were congested, and he seemed to be really angry.

He said, "Everyone is talking about reading the books of sages, everyone is talking about helping the world. Everyone is saying that they are under the saints, and they all despise those merchants who are very particular. But now, who is very particular about it? Because commerce attracts the population, the rent is constantly reduced, and they are wailing here. Okay, don't you know about the outside? I am the chief minister of the cabinet and the central minister, how could I not know about it?

What? I have always known that some people are saying behind their backs, some say that the ancestors are the laws and some say that the farmers are hurt. You carry out the ancestors and heavy farmers. Shouldn’t you think about it? Today, the court is in trouble. Nowadays, refugees are everywhere, countless people are wearing rags, unable to eat, and starve countless people. To this point, you... can’t give a little profit to serve the country, serve the court, and share the difficulties with the court?"

Chen Yishou raised his head: "The original intention of the new policy is that it is to maintain grain production, but also to use industry and commerce to absorb part of the population, so that farmers can rent land and pay less land rent; it can also make those who are unwilling to farm work go to the workshop to find some food, clothing and expenses. This is Your Majesty's thought, and I also mean that I have lived a long life and have reached the end. There is nothing to say. The Duke must scold me in his heart, and he will secretly jump to me like a scholar outside, but I have nothing to say. This new policy must be continued. Please think twice."

After he said that, he quietly returned to the class.

The face-to-face refutation of the Chief Secretary of the Cabinet made Zhuge Ping not afraid to refute it at once. It was not that he agreed with Chen Yishou, but that Chen Yishou's identity was a little different. If His Majesty said this, he could speak up for justice. Even if His Majesty was just a prestigious official, he still had nothing to fear, but instead gained a reputation.

Chen Yishou was the leader of all officials and an old minister of several dynasties. Not only that, Chen Yishou has always been known for his integrity and wise men. This time, his rebukes were a shocking force, which made many people who were originally ready to move began to think about it.

Your Majesty is so persistent, and the Chief Secretary of the Cabinet also made such a statement, which shows that the palace and the Cabinet are already consistent, and Chen Yishou has many disciples and officials in the court, and there are also many people in the court who support the new policy, which instead makes those who are ready to move become cautious.

Chen Kaizhi glanced at the officials coldly, but he still didn't speak.

After this long calmness, Chen Kaizhi suddenly said, "Uncle...what do you think?"

His eyes fell on Chen Yixing.

Chen Yixing seemed very calm. In fact, when Chen Kaizhi called the emperor's uncle, he almost called others. In this court, King Zheng, King Liang and other royal families were there, and there were many royal families. Perhaps the only one who could call Chen Kaizhi so intimately called the emperor's uncle was His Highness Jing.

Chen Kaizhi suddenly asked Chen Yixing, which made people feel strange, because everyone knew that this was a political matter, but ordinary royal families rarely participated in government affairs unless... they gained the power to discuss politics.

In other words, the royal family should not have any say in the issue of the new policy.

Of course, since Chen Kaizhi has asked, Chen Yixing, as the head of the royal family, should naturally answer.

He pondered for a moment and said, "The right and wrong of the new policy, now the old minister thinks it is meaningless."

These words are shocking.

Everyone looked at Chen Yixing in surprise.

The new policy is related to the interests of so many people, and how many people are worried about it, but I don’t know how many people think about it day and night, and some love and some hate it, but when it comes to the mouth of His Highness Jing, it becomes meaningless.

Originally, everyone thought that as His Highness, King Jing, this royal family, who had always had a close relationship with Chen Kaizhi, should have a consistent position with Chen Yishou, or were like Chen Yishou, and severely criticized some people, but now... this reply seems to be strange.
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